In Px Wire, we preview part of the AVAC Report 2017, which includes a set of recommendations and priorities that keep funding and research crossing-cutting, strategic and responsive to people’s real-world needs. Check out the infographic, which provides a visual history of the DAIDS Networks and a look at what’s proposed for the next funding cycle.
Px Wire October-December 2017, Vol. 10, No. 4
An Advocate’s Guide to the DAIDS Trial Networks Funding Recompetition Process
This factsheet lays out for advocates how funding decisions under discussion at the US Division of AIDS (DAIDS) could impact communities all over the world. Read on to learn how advocates can help shape the current funding discussion and how the DAIDS process works, for future reference.
Trial Trial Again: Getting research right for adolescents
Both research and advocacy for HIV prevention are intensifying their focus on young people. Bringing interventions that work for this population holds unique challenges.
In this episode of AVAC’s Px Pulse podcast series, AVAC’s Manju Chatani-Gada explores how and why prevention research must reach the next generation.
Testing Long-Acting PrEP, Easier Said Than Done
In this episode of AVAC’s Px Pulse podcast series, leading researcher Dr. Deborah Donnell tells us why the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) changed the design of one of two trials testing long-acting cabotegravir, as an injectable PrEP.
PrEP and Trial Design — A no brainer for some
In this episode of AVAC’s Px Pulse podcast series, Slim Abdool Karim, co-principal investigator of the landmark CAPRISA 004 study, talks about why designing trials with oral PrEP is a must—scientifically and ethically.
Golden Age or Fools Gold?
In this episode of AVAC’s Px Pulse podcast series, Carl Dieffenbach, Director of NIH’s Division of AIDS, tells AVAC where he sees the most promise in the field of HIV prevention and what it will take to “put out the fire.”
AVAC Fellow Peter Mogere: HIV self-testing
2017 AVAC Advocacy Fellow Peter Mogere speaks on Kenya’s KUTV about HIV self-testing.
Watch the clip (17:29).
Px Wire July-September 2017, Vol. 10, No. 3
This issue of AVAC’s quarterly newsletter, Px Wire, is now available. Check it out for a deep dive into the data that suggest men who have sex with men may be able protected by oral PrEP, even if they don’t dose every day—and for the reasons why these data do not apply to women. You’ll also find out why messages about global AIDS are on our mind—and what we’d change about the current global conversation.
Investment in HIV Prevention Research & Development
Because money matters as much as messages, this Px Wire centerspread summarizes current investments, and trends over time, in HIV-prevention research and development. This full-color feature is excerpted from the recently-released report on HIV prevention research and development investment produced by AVAC and partners in the field.
South African HIV Prevention Research and Demonstration Sites
South Africa’s Trial Sites: An overview of HIV prevention research and demonstration sites in 2017, by location and intervention.